Stephen Curry Rolling Stone told Rolling Stone last month that the Golden State Warriors had held internal talks about the acquisition Kevin Durant And that he would like to play again with his former teammate, who eventually reconciled with the Brooklyn Nets.
“There was an internal conversation between us about ‘If he’s available, can you? Every team has those conversations, and obviously in our case, they’ll call me and ask, ‘How do you feel about that?’ Kari saidwho gave several interviews to the magazine as part of October cover story.
Curry said he “never hesitated” to endorse the idea of reuniting with Durant, who was his teammate for three seasons in which the Warriors won two championships and Durant won MVP awards in the NBA Finals. Durant’s time with the Warriors ended in 2019 when he left for the Brooklyn Nets on a signing and trading deal.
Carey also said that he spoke with his brother, Seth CarreyHe is a current associate of Durant on the Nets.
“The idea of playing with KD and seeing who he is as a person, from our history in those three years, I think KD is a really good guy. I think he’s misunderstood,” Stephen Curry said. “I think certain things happened in his life that hurt his ability to trust the people around him, in the sense of making him feel safe at all times. So all of those things, I understand, after I played with him and got to know him. I love that guy.”
However, Carey said that while he had entertained the idea of playing again with Durant, he had to consider the cost of the former MVP’s deal and had full confidence that the Warriors could repeat him as champions with their current roster.
And if I said, ‘Oh, KD’s coming back, and we’re going to play with him,’ I had so much fun playing with him those three years, I’d be like, ‘Hell, yeah! magazine.” So you have to think: What does that actually mean? What does it look like?
“Tell me I’m playing with him [current Warriors teammates Andrew Wiggins, Jordan Poole, and Draymond Green], I’m like, “Hell, yeah!” There are all kinds of feelings and things going on for the league. And if anyone says you won’t enjoy this conversation – no disrespect to anyone on our team – but you don’t know how it goes. But you also understand that, for example, if we take this thing back, I have complete confidence in my team that we can win it again, as shown.”
Durant initially requested a deal on June 30 and reiterated that desire at a meeting with Nets Governor Joe Tsai in London last month where Durant wanted Tsai to choose between himself and the mental confidence of coach Steve Nash and general manager Sean Marks, sources confirmed to ESPN. But on August 23, Durant and the Nets agreed to “move forward” on their “partnership”.
Durant extended by four years, $198 million signed with the Nets’ last kicks of the season.
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